Legacy newsrooms cut senior roles as digital transformation accelerates
By Suganthi Marimuthu in Media News on Wednesday, 29th July 2026 at 3:54pm
The shift toward junior, digitally skilled hiring has a harder edge at some legacy organisations. More than 100 employees have reportedly been asked to leave a prominent TV channel, with the layoffs concentrated in its internet and digital operations, according to a report by Newslaundry. The publication reported that around 120 employees across editorial, camerawork, graphics, fact-checking, the data intelligence unit and other departments were affected in the restructuring.
The pressures facing legacy newsrooms have also surfaced in more contested form. The Union of Media Persons for Change has earlier accused News18 Tamil Nadu of forcing employees to resign under threat of termination, alleging in a letter to management that compelling staff to submit resignation letters through the ...
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